Update2: Boat in second migrants rescue in four days

(Updated 6.30 a.m.)

The Italian fishing boat Gambero last night rescued its second group of migrants in four days.

The migrants were crammed in a boat which overturned in a choppy sea near the boat, which was towing a tuna pen 52 miles south of Malta

The rescued migrants included an infant only a few months old.

A helicopter from a nearby French frigate, the Germinal, lowered medical personnel onto the Gambero to assist the migrants, particularly a man who was in poor condition having swallowed a quantity of seawater, a woman who had a dislocated shoulder and a pregnant woman who miscarried. Another man was reported missing and a search is being conducted.

The operation was being coordinated by the AFM Operations Centre and the migrants were transferred to a Maltese patrol boat in a difficult operation in the early hours of this morning.They arrived in Malta earlier today.

The Gambero rescued another group of migrants on Monday.